Any notification is deemed to be in order if it is made:
1° Either to the last holder of the filing declared to the Institute or, after the publication provided for in Article R. 512-10, to the last holder entered in the National Designs Register;
2° Or to the agent of the aforementioned holder.
If the proprietor is not domiciled in a Member State of the European Community or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the notification shall be deemed to be in order if it is made to the last representative that he has appointed with the Institute.